Pulliam v. State

Atkinson, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) In the first ground of the motion it is set out that, on Friday before the fire on Monday, J. C. Kay, the sheriff of Gordon county, had delivered to the accused the following letter: “Mark: Arthur Washington a negro swore a' warrant out for you about an automobile wreck. Bring someone to sign your bond. Don’t think it will amount to anything. ' Coley.” This letter was taken from him by someone from the State investigator’s office whose name he did not know, after he had been taken to the jail in Atlanta, and he could never locate the…